<![CDATA[Deadspin: Wrigley Field]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Wrigley Field]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/wrigley field http://deadspin.com/tag/wrigley field <![CDATA[Some Dude Got Arrested For Breaking Into Wrigley Field And Ripping Ivy Off The Walls]]> Michael Vite, 24, allegedly entered the ballpark through a construction area around 7:30 a.m. on New Year's Day. Police say he "ran onto the field and pulled some ivy off the outfield wall." Which is pretty lame compared to this. [CBS Chicago; h/t to Disco Choo] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5872672&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pearl Jam Fan Notes: The Perks Of Bartending Near Wrigley When Eddie Vedder's In Town]]> Here's another batch of PJ fan notes submitted by readers. If you have more, please send them our way. Ed's storytelling on the rooftop at Murphy's, a possible urban legend, and a memorable autograph snub. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5842993&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cubs Consider Getting Rid Of Wrigley's Most Iconic Feature]]> The ivy is safe. The troughs are endangered. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5829919&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This Lady Left Two Used Tampons Under Her Seat At Wrigley Field]]> Perhaps one is free to leave trash under one's seat at movie theaters or stadiums: popcorn, Pepsi, (Neifi) Perez memorabilia—but we ought to draw the line well short of endometrial cells. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5828447&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Troy Tulowitzki Scores From First On A Bloop Single, Miguel Tejada Nearly Gets Thrown Out At Home On A HR]]> I guess what we're saying is that Tulo always hustles, while Tejada is looking to top the Tater Tot Tracker charts. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5816625&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cubs Have Upside Down Logo At Wrigley, Possibly As Some Sort Of Distress Signal]]> This oopsie is apparently located on the wall of a tunnel near the Cubs clubhouse. Has it been like this for the last 95 years and no one's noticed? Possibly. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5807417&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Watch Wrigley Field Get Buzzed By An Unexpected F/A-18 Flyover]]> Well, okay, Cubs fans, you can either find some meaning in seeing fighter jets on a holiday remembering American soldiers, or you can be scared that Chicago somehow became the setting of a Will Smith movie come to life. Your choice. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5806780&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Kentucky Wildcats Refused To Go Down Without A Fight Or An Internationally-Televised Nut Tap]]> Your morning roundup for April 3, the day it became clear that 16-year-old girls at meth labs hope you have rabies. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5788303&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Sad Cubs Fan Has Questions About Wrigley Field Rules Pertaining To Obese Cubs Fans]]> Tipster Andy from Waukesha, Wisc. has a question. Here it is: "I am watching the Cubs pregame and behind the hosts is a HUGE guy, I don't think I've ever seen someone that big let alone sitting in a stadium seat. How does this work? What about the people next to him? So many questions but this makes me sad as a Cubs fan." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5788298&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wrigley Field Is Looking For A New PA Announcer, Inquire Within]]> Have you ever wanted to announce the lineup of a historically mediocre baseball team? Stepping up to the plate, your catcher, number 55, KOYIE HILL! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5772410&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Dan Snyder's Attorney Sends A Strongly Worded Letter To D.C.'s Alt-Weekly]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5749289&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wrigley Field Roof Damaged By Tonight's Blizzard]]> There's a blizzard in Chicago. Winds gusting up to 60. The headline on Mike Hamernik's Chicago Weather Center blog is, "Blizzard continues to rage, drifts may reach 6 to 8 feet later tonight." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5749453&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread]]> Even if Northwestern's redshirt-freshman QB Evan Watkins wasn't the pussy slayer that this sign maker told College Gameday Nation he is, Illinois vs. Northwestern at Wrigley is a rubbernecker's dream. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5694848&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Day Before The Game, The NCAA Figures Out That Wrigley Is A Death Trap For Football]]> It's, oh, 27 hours until Illinois and Northwestern kick off. But they'll be kicking off in one direction, every time, because one end zone goes right up against the brick and ivy walls. Tomorrow's going to look like backyard football. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5694426&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wrigley Field Tarts Itself Up For Another Rich Loser]]> Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5691187&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cubs Fan Struggles With Urinal, Fashion]]> Todd sends in this photo of a "drunk guy" having problems with the trough at Wrigley Field. That level of drunkenness is an accomplishment, considering it was taken before the game started. (Note: don't take photos in a bathroom. Unless it's funny.) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5551314&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Which One Of These Geniuses Do You Think Ran Onto Wrigley Field Yesterday?]]> "Dude" or "Sweet." Take your time. Think it over. Would "Dude," with his tilted hat, be brave enough to do it even though he doesn't appear to be wearing enough sunblock? Or will "Sweet" do the honors? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5550874&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[An Interview With Mike Cetera, My Literary Cubs Foil]]> If you've read Are We Winning?, you know my friend Mike, a Cubs fan who goes to the game with my father and me and worries about his young son becoming a Cubs fan. Well, he still exists. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5548222&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wrigley Sign Protesters Were Clueless Craigslist Hires]]> Protesters against the new outfield sign at Wrigley were out in force at the Cubs home opener. Clearly this is an issue near and dear to fans' hearts. Or maybe it was the $25 bucks they were paid via Craigslist. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5517926&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Someone Else Actually Wants To Buy The Cubs?]]> Hold the phone, North Siders. Wrigley Field and its tenants have supposedly been sold for $900 million, but a new suitor has stepped in to Cubsblock the Ricketts. Will the team slip through their fingers like a groundball to short? More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5309549&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Why Your Stadium Sucks: Wrigley Field]]> This is a new weekly feature in which I (and maybe you, too, readers) detail the various reasons for hating your ballpark. This week: The Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5288450&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wrigley Field Destroys A Man's Soul]]> I spent last weekend at Wrigley Field, watching the stupid Cubs clinch their stupid division and drink some stupid champagne in front of their stupid fans. It was the first time my father had ever been to Wrigley Field, and I have to think it'll be his last. Poor guy. He makes it nearly 60 years without visiting the place despite living in the same state, and the day he shows up, the Cubs celebrate a division championship by beating his Cardinals in front of him. Baseball sucks sometimes. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5053033&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Slip 'N Slide With The King]]> How can you have a giant, water-soaked tarp on the field during a rain delay at Wrigley and NOT expect a guy dressed as '70s Elvis to come running out to slide across it? It's just common sense. Have a good time filling out the paperwork on this one, security guy (video following the jump). Actually, it was '70s Night at Wrigley, which explains why Elvis was present. But the monsoon in August, that's another matter. The 2-0 win by the Astros may be the only game ever to be called due to rain, lightning and a tornado warning.
The first holdup was a 2-hour-45-minute monsoon delay when a wicked front rolled through before the sixth inning. The second delay, thanks to a reprise of thunder, lightning and rain blown sideways in a gale-began at 11:13 p.m. and brought things to a close with one out in the bottom of the eighth.
But not before Elvis made his dash. Thank you, King, for making baseball fun once again. Note to grounds crew: There's a rather valuable piece of jewelry up for grabs somewhere in that tarp the next time you unroll it:
With the Cubs batting in the bottom of the eighth, the thunder and lightning resumed with a vengeance. After one particularly jarring explosion, Houston's Lance Berkman threw off his metal chain and then sprinted off the field, refusing to risk electrocution.
Elvis At The Cubs Wrigley Field [YouTube] Cubs Lose To Astros In Lightning-Shortened Game [Chicago Tribune] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5033277&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ice Hockey At Wrigley Field: The End Times Are Here]]> If you think it would be fun to see Chicago fans reach onto the field of play and try to interfere with a puck instead of a baseball for a change, then you're in luck. The NHL's second Outdoor Winter Classic game will pit the Chicago Blackhawks against the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field, according to Comcast SportsNet. The announcement could come today. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5011649&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Joe Smith, Raising The Level Of Discourse In The Wrigley Field Bleachers]]> Joe Smith, relief pitcher for the New York Mets, had some fun with the Wrigley Field fans during their series earlier this week. At least he didn't ask anyone to take their top off. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383641&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It's So Cute When Newspapers Fight Over The Cubs]]> The Chicago Tribune hates the Chicago Sun-Times, and vice versa ... it's like Spy vs. Spy, only with the threat of layoffs. (For myself, it's hard to pick sides: One paper is owned by Sam Zell, the other employs Mariotti). This round goes to the Tribune, however, who secretly embedded an intern into the Sun-Times' video contest to save the Wrigley Field name, and won the whole thing. Boy was the Sun-Times mad when they found out. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=370539&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Are You Ready For "Torco Field" On The North Side?]]> We haven't weighed in yet on the notion that the Cubs might change the name of Wrigley Field, but let us say that it would make us, and just about everybody we know, incredibly sad. There'd be no more sad sign of our times than having drunk postcollegiates stumbling around Bank of America Field. Even as a Cardinals fan, Wrigley Field is our favorite place on Earth to see a baseball game, and it would just feel ... different. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=364674&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Welcome To Levitra Field, Home Of The Cubs]]> So, much grumbling today over the latest blasphemy in Chicago: Owner Sam Zell says he "wouldn't hesitate" to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field. Of course our friend Mariotti is all in a sweaty panic over this, which kind of makes me think it might be a good idea. But then I'm not a Cubs fan. Here's a great take on the issue from Rumors and Rants. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361690&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Probably Time To Retire The Seventh Inning Stretch At Wrigley]]> We recognize that we are saying this as a dastardly Cardinals fan who roots for the Cubs to lose even when they aren't two games ahead with just more than a month to play, but we still think we're at least slightly justified when we say this: It's probably time to knock it off with the seventh inning stretch singers. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=294206&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Barry Bonds just homered. Welcome back,...]]> Barry Bonds just homered. Welcome back, dick. [MLB.com] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=280233&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Love Your Local Beer Vendor]]> We'd never heard of this before, but its existence makes us extremely happy: It's the Beer Vendor Association, consisting (apparently) of only Wrigley Field pourers. They even have their own trading cards. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=249195&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[If You Want Soriano, You Have To Deal With This]]> We don't like to think of ourselves as stuffy traditionalists ... but this, friends, just makes us sad. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=236986&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Lord Help Us: They're Doing The Wave At Wrigley]]> Our personal favorite moment of our night at RFK Stadium was when the tiny smattering of Nationals fans spread throughout the place tried to cobble together a version of The Wave. The response of our Deadspin corner was instantaneous: We scoffed, scowled, booed, grumbled. We were very proud. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=192808&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Opening Day At Wrigley]]> We received a call from a friend of ours about an hour ago, asking us to break into their email and look up some Evite information. Why? Because they were heading to a Wrigley Field Opening Day part just down the street from the old yard, and they'd lost the directions. Our friend is a Cub fan. We directed them to Sheboygan. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=165875&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Blogdome: The Freefalling White Sox]]> • If the White Sox actually blow this lead, will manager Ozzie Guillen just starting killing people, randomly? It seems somewhat likely. [Baseball Musings] More »
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